cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49738874

A small recompense for decades of jokes at Mexico's expense, eh?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/56857361

We might be screwed

DONALD TRUMP SAID he gets to host the World Cup and 2028 Olympics because “they rigged the election”.

The president told a reception of the international football governing body Fifa in New York he “was supposed to not be here right now”, in reference to the second and final four-year term he would have served if he had won the 2020 election.

Trump’s comments come after he renewed claims in a prime-time TV address to the nation on Thursday that the White House race he lost to Joe Biden had been stolen from him, despite evidence to the contrary.

From BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cd9w8xk75ndt Title as of 16:15 EDT.

Posting a screenshot, because it's a live story and the BBC might change the title as the story develops.

it's quite oniony that "It ruled that the combination of words was not an unusual linguistic combination in English."

JD Vance sought last week to use a military helicopter to ferry himself and his son across Washington for a golf lesson, one of a number of allegedly unusual travel requests that has left the Republican’s security detail “fed up,” MS Now reports.

The alleged travel plans aboard Marine Two were ultimately canceled due to weather, but Secret Service agents nonetheless discussed it among themselves unhappily, according to the outlet.

Past vice presidents have had Secret Service agents drive their children to activities, rather than use military hardware, which can cost tens of thousands of dollars per hour to operate.

The Onion is truly redundant

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/10152961

Fines issued to Russian drivers for parking and stopping violations while they waited in line for gasoline will be canceled, Interior Ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk said.

“In each such case, all regional traffic police divisions of Russia’s Interior Ministry will issue decisions to cancel the fines, given the minor nature of the offense or the fact that the driver was acting out of urgent necessity,” she said.

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The move follows complaints from residents of the Saratov region about fines issued to drivers waiting in line for gasoline. Automated enforcement systems in the region had been recording parking and stopping violations near gas stations. As of July 1, Volk said, those systems have been switched off.

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